Hands of a Murderer

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Hands of a Murderer (1990)

Hands of a Murderer is a British TV movie produced by Greeen Pond Productions Inc., Storke Enterprises, William F. Storke & Robert E. Fuisz, Yorkshire International Films Ltd. first released on 16 May 1990 (USA), starring Edward Woodward as Sherlock Holmes and John Hillerman as Dr. Watson. 90 min.

Plot summary

When Professor Moriarty escapes the gallows - literally in a puff of smoke - Sherlock Holmes finds himself once again in pursuit of his old nemesis. Soon after the escape, Holmes' brother Mycroft asks him to work at identifying a leak in British Intelligence. Uncharacteristically, he refuses to help until he realizes that Moriarty is behind the missing State secrets. He learns that a very seductive woman, Sophie DeVere, has been hypnotizing one of Mycroft's young assistants to steal the information. When Moriarty is unable to decode the secret message he has stolen, he kidnaps Mycroft in order to get the information.